2020 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid Recalls

No recalls on record Updated July 2026

No NHTSA recalls on record for the 2020 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid. That means NHTSA has no open safety campaign for this vehicle — it does not guarantee the absence of problems. Owners have filed 15 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the engine. Last updated July 5, 2026.

Complaints by component

ENGINE
2
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
2
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
2
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2
1crashes
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
2
1crashes
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1
1crashes
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
1
LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING
1
POWER TRAIN
1
VISIBILITY/WIPER
1
Total complaints15

What owners report

Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal information removed.

“The adas camera system failed causing multiple warnings and failures including lane departure system, forward collision system, adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assistance.”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL · reported 2026-03-20

“The adas camera system failed causing multiple warnings and failures including lane departure system, forward collision system, adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assistance.”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS · reported 2026-03-20

“The adas camera system failed causing multiple warnings and failures including lane departure system, forward collision system, adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assistance.”

LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST · reported 2026-03-20

“The forward-facing multipurpose camera unit (adas camera) failed internally while driving, causing the simultaneous deactivation of multiple critical safety systems including collision mitigation braking (cmbs), road departure mitigation, and lane keeping assist (lkas). The failure is indicated by…”

LANE DEPARTURE: WARNING · reported 2026-02-02

“The forward-facing multipurpose camera unit (adas camera) failed internally while driving, causing the simultaneous deactivation of multiple critical safety systems including collision mitigation braking (cmbs), road departure mitigation, and lane keeping assist (lkas). The failure is indicated by…”

LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST · reported 2026-02-02

“The forward-facing multipurpose camera unit (adas camera) failed internally while driving, causing the simultaneous deactivation of multiple critical safety systems including collision mitigation braking (cmbs), road departure mitigation, and lane keeping assist (lkas). The failure is indicated by…”

FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL · reported 2026-02-02

“During a u-turn, when I turned the steering wheel my vehicle suddenly accelerated unexpected. I suspect there may have been a malfunction in the vehicle's electronic control system that caused this sudden unintended acceleration. I did alert honda north america to study the problem. On [xxx],…”

VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL · reported 2024-12-22

“During a u-turn, when I turned the steering wheel my vehicle suddenly accelerated unexpected. I suspect there may have been a malfunction in the vehicle's electronic control system that caused this sudden unintended acceleration. I did alert honda north america to study the problem. On [xxx],…”

UNKNOWN OR OTHER · reported 2024-12-22

Defect investigations

Investigation DP22005 Opened 2023-01-27 · closed 2023-08-07

Pedestrian alert sounds

NHTSA received a petition on or about July 18, 2022, requesting that Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 141 be applied to all electric and hybrid vehicles operating in the United States. The petition can be reviewed at NHTSA.gov under ODI Number 11486072. FMVSS 141 establishes performance requirements for…

Sources & methodology

Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL, FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2020 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid as of July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page contains ads and affiliate links. Full methodology.